Briefly about Uzbekistan

About country

The official name of the country	Republic of Uzbekistan
Capital	Tashkent
The largest regions in terms of the population on January 1, 2019	Samarkand region (3 857 000 people) Fergana region (3 733 100 people) Kashkadarya region (3 261 400 people) Andijan region (3 110 100 people) Tashkent region (2 929 900 people)
Independence	Accepted – August 31, 1991 Celebrate – September 1
Political structure	Democratic state of law
President	Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev
Geography
Location	Uzbekistan is located in the southwestern part of Central Asia
Geographical coordinates	The northern point of Uzbekistan is located in the northeast of Ustyurt plateau (45° 36′ N), the south – near the city of Termez on the banks of Amudarya (37° 11′ N), the western – on Ustyurt plateau (56° E), eastern – in the east of Fergana Valley (73° 10′ E)
Territory	448,978 sq. km
Geographical coordinates	41 ° 00 N, 64 ° 00 E
Neighboring States	In the east – Kyrgyzstan; in the northeast, north and northwest – Kazakhstan; in the south-west and south – Turkmenistan; in the south – Afghanistan and in the south-east – Tajikistan
Climate	The climate of Uzbekistan is classified as continental, with hot summers and cool winters. The southern part of the country is the warmest, and the northern part is the coldest. In summer, temperature often exceeds 41° C (106° F), and can even reach 45° C (113° F) and higher. Humidity is not high. Winter temperature average around -8° C (18° F), but can fall to -40 °C (-40° F). Most of the country is also quite arid, with average annual rainfall ranging in size from 100 (3.9 inches) and 200 (7.9 inches) in millimeters and occurs mostly in winter and spring.
Timezone	GMT +5
Society
Population	33.9 million people (2019)
Economically active population	14.641 million people (2018)
Average age	29 (2019)
Literacy rate	97% (2019)
Demography	In 2018: number of births – 768.3 thousand people dead – 154.7 thousand people arrivals – 160.0 thousand people departed – 176.2 thousand people
Languages	Uzbek (official language), Karakalpak, Kazakh, Turkmen, Uygur, Kyrgyz, Azeri, Russian, Tajik, English etc.
Telephone code	+998
Currency	Uzbek Sum
Country Code Top Level Domain	.uz
Power supply voltage	220 V, 50-60 Hz
Traffic	Right side
Economy
Currency	sum
Finance center	Tashkent
GDP (PPP)	250,33 billion USD (2018)
GDP per capita (PPP)	7665,45 USD (2018)
Export volume	14,1 billion USD (2018)
Import volume	23, 5 billion USD (2018)
Number of tourists	6.4 million people (2018)
Foreign direct investment	4,205 million USD (2019)
Number of companies with foreign capital	8785 (as of June 1, 2019)
Sectors of economy with the largest amounts of foreign investment and loans	Power and gas supply (34,2%), Manufacturing (26,6%), Mining (19,6), Transportation and storage (5,6%) (2018)
Inflation rate	14,3 % (CPI — 2018)
Main export markets	China – 22.1%., Russia – 16.7%, Kazakhstan -11.1%, Turkey – 7.2%, Afghanistan – 4.9% (2018)
Main import sources	Russia (18.5%), China (18.3%), South Korea (9.8%), Kazakhstan (7.8%), Turkey (6.5%) (2018)
Trade agreements	Free Trade Agreement with the CIS countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Russian Federation, Ukraine)